Railway-car.



i. W. BASKERVILLE.

RAILWAY CAB.

' APPLCATION FILED JUNE l2, 1917. 2663S7, Patented VMay 14, 1918.

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/5 l A y 3'/ d 5f l je ff; il?4 est JOHN W. BASKERVILLE, OF BAYONNE, NEW .'l'lilRSIEY.`

RAILWAY-CAR.

Application sied June 12, 1917. serial No. maare.

To all whom z' may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. BASKER- viLLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bayonne, in the county yof Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway- Cars, of which the following is a specication. y

This invention relates to railway cars of that kind comprising a body open at the top and adapted to contain coal, gravel or other material, and having a bottom provided with sloping surfaees and one or more doors through which the material may discharge by gravity down said sloping surfaces when the door or doors are open.

The object of the invention is to provide a construction for a car of this character which will be an improvement overthe construction disclosed in my U. S. Patent, No. 1,17 9,266, issued April 11, 1916, and to provide a car having swinging side doors wherebythe contents of the car may be dumped from either or both sides in a ready, convenient and expeditious manner.

A further object of the invention to provide an improved construction of freight `car with sloping bottom surfaces, combined with a novel construction. of pivotally mounted sideldoors, and means for lookin the side doors-in closed position. f

A still further object of the' invention is to provide removable partitions whereby the interior of the car may be divided into compartments, and also to provide auxiliary doors in the main doors whereby small portions of the contents of any of the compartments may be discharged at any time.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described A,and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a self-dumping freight car embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary top plan view.

Fig. 4 is a verticalk transverse section through-Fig. 1. v

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view showing one of the doors held open by the prop thereon.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail sectional view on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1.

n Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the frame of they car body, including the sills 2, uprights 3, upper longitudinal side bars 4, cross bars 5, and iiXed end walls 6, all of which parts yare preferably formed of metal bolted or riveted together and suitably stayed and reinforced at proper points.

In accordance with my invention, the bottom of the car body, which is of the usual oblong rectangular form, is formed by sloping walls 7 and 8 terminating at their outer edges in angularly bent portions forming flanges 9,.which ,walls slope from the longitudinal center `of the car body and form downwardly and outwardly inclined planes on oppositev sides of the longitudinal center of the car. y.

The walls 7 and 8 rest'upon inclined transverse bars 10 which are stayed by suitable angle braces 11 and 11 connected with plates 12 and 12. The upper'longitudinal side bars 4c are in the form of 4L-beams, having their short webs or iianges 13 horizontally arranged at their upper edges and their ylonger webs or lianges 14: depending vertically. The sides of the car are formed by lower longitudinal side bars 15, also having theirshort webs or flanges 16 horizontally arranged at their upper edges and their longer webs or flanges 17 depending vertically, said bars 15 being disposed at or near the horizontal longitudinal center of the wall and being connected with the uprights 3 and by other uprights 18 with the bars 1, plates 19 being secured' to said bars and uprights to close the spaces between the sa-me and form a permanently closed wall forming a rigid upper half of each side of the car. The parts 15 and 18 are also made of angle metal, and all the parts mentioned are bolted, riveted or otherwise firmly united together.

The lower half of each side wall of the car is formed of a series of swinging doors 20, each preferably comprising a sheet metal plate secured to angle metal endy bars 21 and angle metal intermediate bars 22, the said end bars 21 being arranged adjacent the end edges of the door plate and the bars 22 between the bars 21 and the vertical center of the door plate. These angle bars 21 and 22 have apertured upper ends 23 serving as hinge straps which pivotally engage loops 24C secured to the vertical and horizontal webs of the beams 17. The doors are provided at their upper edges with bracing inwardly extending horizontal lips 25, and at their lower edges are provided with hollow beams, or strips Q6 which are substantially triangular Shape in cross section, the lower webs of which are inclined to conform to the inclination ot' the surfaces 7 and 8, whereby when the doors are fully closed the lips will rest against the bars l5 and the beams 26 will bear against the sloping surfaces 7 and S thus eiiecting a tight closure ot the doors,'the lips Q5 also serving yto reinforce the doors against the pressure ot the material at the hinge points. ln practice, the doors are arranged so as to be equal in number on each side of the verti cal center of the car, and said doors may close bins, bays, or compartments formed by the sloping bottom walls together with suitable vertical transverse partitions, as hereinafter described. lt'will be observed that while the lower portion of each side wall is formed of swinging doors, suliicient in num- A ber yto easily and conveniently eiiect the discharge of the load, the upper half ot each side wall constitutes a permanent rigid portion of the car body, thus making the body strong, rigid and durable at all points.

' The horizontal flanges 9 at the lower edges of' the walls 7 and 8 rest upon and are bolted or riveted to the upper horizontal webs ot the sills 2, the angular construction of the walls 7 and S at these points making' connection whichr is ot maximum strength and durability. As shown, the walls 7 and 8 and their flanges 9 are provided with openings which register kwith openings in the upper webs ot the sills 2, said openings be,-

ing adapted to receive the lower ends of in termediate locking bolts 27 which are fitted to slide in guideson the intermediate angle bars 22. These intermediatebolts may be employed to hold the individual doors closed whileothers are opened,and to also serve as means torbracingand reinforcing the doors against the pressure of .the load. End locking pins or bolts 28am also provided upon the sills 2, and are vertically slidable through guide openings in the webs of said sills and in the plates V7 and S and their flanges 9, the upper ends ot said bolts being adapted for projection to engage the end angle metal bars upon each door for locking the door in closed position and also reinforcing the same against pressure of the weight of the load rlhe bolts 2S have rack teeth 29 meshing with gears 30, and the gears associated withthe boltsbetween the center end of each sideot the car are mounted upon an actuating shaft 30 which is journaled in suitable bearings upon the adjacent sill and provided at its outer end with a weighted handle or lever 3l by means ot which the bolts may be simultaneously retracted.

A Thus it willA be understood ,that the intermediate b'olts ot one or more doors may be individually released and the end locking bolts of all the doors ot one set simultaneously released, sothat one or more doors may be opened while the others are held closed or all the doors opened, as desired. The weight upon the lever 3l serves to autr matically maintain the end locking bolts in locking position by gravity without the use of additional retracting means. Each door is preferably provided with a pivotally mounted prop provided with a inanipulating Vhandle 33 and which may be engaged with rack teeth Ll on the surface 7 S Yto hold Vthe door open to the desired angle necessary. 'A f it will be understood that the load contained in the car rests upon the inclined bottoni walls 74and S, and that by simply ren leasing either door or both doors thematerial at 'either side or the car'or both sides ot' the longitudinal center of the car may be discharged by gravity, the weight of the load forcing the doors open and the load then discharging down the inclined surfaces 7 and S, as will be readily understood. When the load is discharged the doors swing -baclr to closed position by gravity vand may be relocked by means of latches 27 ina ready and convenient marmer.y By the described construction ot' side-dumping carV of 'the seltlumpving type, it will be obvious that theload maybe dumped in a ready, quick and "convenient manner, and with a minimum amount of time and labor on the part of the operator.

For the purpose of dividing the interior 10 ot the car into any desired number of Ycoin-V partnients, which may be equal 'in number to the opposed sets et side doors, l mayemploy vertical transverse partition plates` 35 fitted to slidably mounted frames formed 105 from angle bars 36; and for the purpose of enabling the material of anycompartment to be partially discharged, without opening y the mainV door, may provide each of the main doors with av small auxiliary'door 37, 110 which may be held closed by any suitable form of latch device, and through which portions of the material may be discharged into wheel-barrows or other small receptaoles when desired.

Hav-ing thus Vdescribed the invention` what is claimed as new, is: l l

l. A self-dumping car including channeled side beams, upright end walls, pivotally mounted side doors having perforated flanges at their lower ends, sloping bottom 'falls provided at their outer edges with angularly bent portions providing inwardly extending lianges resting upon theupper tlange of the channeled beams, said walls,

flanges and channel iianges being provided with pertorations to coincide with Ythe first named perforated flanges when the doors are closed, end latches upon the end walls to engage the end portions of the doors, and in 130 terlnediate bolts upon the doors movable through the perforated flanges thereof and into engagement with the perforations in the sloping walls and side beams.

2. A self-dumping car including a side wall formed of a sill beam, an upper longitudinal bar, an intermediate longitudinal bar, uprights between said bars, sheet metal plates inserted between the bars and uprights and secured thereto and forming a closed wall above the longitudinal horizontal center of the car side, doors pivotally suspended from the lower bar and provided with angle metal uprights, bolts carried by said uprightsk to engage the sill, and bolts carried by the sill to engage and lock the doors.

3. A car having a side wall including a sill, a wall proper provided with openings, and pivoted doors for closing said openings7 locking bolts slidably engaging the anges of the sill to engage and lock the doors in closed position, said bolts being provided with gear teeth, a longitudinally extending shaft, gears upon said shaft to engage the gear teeth of the bars, and an operating device attached to the shaft.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

JOHN W. BASKERVILLE.

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